Modules/bIRC/ircGetName

	This function is provided by the external module Basic IRC Module. You must install this module to use this function.

This function is used to retrieve the name of the specified ircbot.

Syntax

string ircGetName ( ircbot theBot )

Required Arguments

• theBot: The ircbot which name you want to get

Returns

Returns a string of the ircbot's name if passed arguments were valid, false otherwise.

Example

This example creates an ircbot called DummyBot and makes it connect to a server. Once it has connected, it prints out a message with the bot's name to server log.

function resourceStart ()
    dummyBot = ircCreateBot ( "DummyBot" )
    ircConnect ( dummyBot, "irc.gtanet.com", 6667 )
end
addEventHandler ( "onResourceStart", getResourceRootElement ( getThisResource() ), resourceStart )

function event_ircOnConnect ( theBot )
    outputServerLog ( ircGetName ( theBot ) .. " is now connected!" )
end

See Also

Bot functions

Creation

• ircCreateBot
• ircDestroyBot

Connection

• ircConnect
• ircIsConnected
• ircRegister
• ircUnregister
• ircQuit

Other

• ircGetBotByName
• ircGetBots
• ircGetBotState
• ircGetName
• ircGetQuitMessage
• ircSetName
• ircSetQuitMessage

IRC functions

Channel

• ircGetChannelMode
• ircGetChannelTopic
• ircGetChannelUsers
• ircGetConnectedChannels
• ircJoinChannel
• ircPartChannel
• ircSetChannelMode
• ircSetChannelTopic

User

• ircGetUserHost
• ircGetUserMode
• ircIsInChannel

Communication

• ircBan
• ircInviteUser
• ircKick
• ircSendMessage
• ircSendNotice
• ircSendRaw

Other

• ircFormatHost
• ircStrip